Light-induced softening of azobenzene dye-doped polymer films probed with quartz crystal resonators

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 963-965

  Srikhirin, Toemsak ^a,c   Laschitsch, Alexander ^a   Neher, Dieter ^a,b   Johannsmann, Diethelm ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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EID: 0000557639     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1288809     Document Type: Article

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